Pony Express.

{tuning: Standard (EADGBE)}
{section: Intro}
[fade in slowly over 4 cycles]
[chords played as 4 central notes of barred E, strummed/hammered
on the beat, but sustained and sliding up and down also]
[G]  [G] [Bb]  [G] [Bb] [G]  [G] [F#] [F]
[G]  [G] [Bb]  [G] [Bb] [G]  [G] [F#] [F]

[starting with 3rd cycle, include bass, decsending triplet [G]-[G]-[F]-[D]
[G]  [G] [Bb]  [G] [Bb] [G]  [G] [F#] [F]
[G]  [G] [Bb]  [G] [Bb] [G]  [G] [F#] [F]

[5th qnd 6th cycles of chords continue ascending]
[G]  [G] [Bb]  [Bb] [C]    [C] [D]  [D] [D][D] [E]
[G]  [G] [Bb]  [Bb] [C]    [C] [D]  [D] [D][D] [E]

[7th as above, 8th jumps off to notes then power chords]
[G]  [G] [Bb]  [G] [Bb] [G]  [G] [F#] [F]
[G][no[G]te[Bb]s]  [G]    [Bb]       [G]          [G]            [F#]               [F]
[D][*[D] C[D]OI[D]NC[D]ID[D]ES[D] W[D]IT[D]H [C]PO[D]WE[F]R [G]CHORDS BASED ON CENTRAL BARRED E]
[G]  [G] [G] [G] [G]  [G] [G] [G] [G]  [Bb]   [G]  [C]  [G]  [Bb]   [C]ye[G]e [G]h[G]a[G]h

[C]   [Bb]   [A]  [G]

[G] [G] [G] [G] [G] [G] [G] [G] [G] [Bb] [G] [C] [G] [Bb] [C] [G] [G] [G] [G]

[C]   [Bb]   [A]  [G]

[v1]
[G]wh[G]e[G]n[G] [G]yo[G]u[G] [G]s[G]ee[Bb] me[G] b[C]ur[G]ni[Bb]ng [C]up[G] t[G]h[G]e[G] sand you better step aside

[C]   [Bb]   [A]  [G]

[G]I [G]g[G]o[G]t[G] a[G] [G]m[G]e[G]ss[Bb]age[G] f[C]or[G] U[Bb]ncl[C]e [G]Sa[G]m[G],[G] ridin' high and with pride

[C]   [Bb]   [A]  [G]

[CH]
[C]  ride that [Bb]pony ex[A]press.[Bb]...[A].  [Bb]     [A]        [Bb]           [A]             [Bb]                [A]                  [Bb]                     [A]                       [Bb]                          [A]

[C]  ride that [Bb]pony ex[D]press.....

[V2 - start over with * above]
In the days when the west was won I was a wealthy man
Got to ride from coast to coast, it was a lonely stand
[CH]
ride that pony express.....
ride that pony express.....

[bridge, words spoken under voice]
[F]  [F]  [F]ri[F]de fas[F]t [F]un[F]ti[F]l th[F]e [F]ho[F]rs[F]e drops over dead[F]  [Bb]     [G]
[F]  [F]  [F]ri[F]de cle[F]ar[F] w[F]he[F]n bu[F]ll[F]et[F]s [F]fly around my hea[F]d [Bb]    [G]
[F]  [F]  [F]ri[F]de mea[F]n,[F] k[F]ic[F]king[F] a[F]ss[F] a[F]ll the way       [F]         [Bb]            [G]
[F]  [F]an[F]ot[F]her to[F]we[F]r,[F] a[F]noth[F]er[F] m[F]il[F]e, another day   [F]     [Bb]        [G]

[CH]
ride that pony express.....
ride that pony express.....
[v3]
But today you pay thru the nose to get a half assed job
three days later it's not long for some two bit slob

[bridge 2, various lead and bass riffs between]

[CH]
ride that pony express.....
ride that pony express..... (you got to ride)
[G]ride [G]ri[Bb]de  [G]    [Bb]       [G]          [G]            [F#]               [F]
ride ride
ride ride
ride ride
ride ride
ride ride